Bernini’s Elephant, Jane’s debut novel, published by Guernica Editions is available now!

“Genre-defying. Callen draws us deep into the vivid art world, conjuring the life and legacy of a young Italian painter and his muse, an older lover with a poisoned past. A literary mystery spanning two continents; the moral stakes of human desire create an intelligent and utterly absorbing read. A sensual, richly detailed glimpse of Italian architecture, art, family secrets, and above all: the struggles of love.”
—SUSAN DOHERTY, author of A Secret Music, and The Ghost Garden

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Jane is currently working on a collection of short stories set in Italy and Canada. Her short stories appear in Grain Magazine, Montreal Writes, Spadina Literary Review, CV7 Short Fiction Anthology Series and White Wall Review.  Her non-fiction appears in Accenti Magazine.

Tango on the Waves, a recently completed memoir, documents the struggles of a Tango Maestro in Milano returning dance to his students as the Covid 19 pandemic recedes.

Jane attained a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing at Humber University in 2010. She was awarded the Elizabeth Krehm Mentorship for Creative Writing by Ryerson University in 2017.  

Jane is a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, the Federation of BC Writers & the Association of Italian Canadian Writers.